In today's game/45 Swiss, at the Marshall Chess Club, I won a couple of games with the Sozin Attack against the Sicilian Najdorf.
Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jake Kaufman (USCF 1893), Marshall Chess Club 1/9/2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.f5 e5 12.Nde2 Nxb3 13.axb3 O-O 14.O-O b5 15.g4 b4
16.g5 bxc3 17.gxf6 cxb2 18.fxe7 Re8 19.Rab1 Qxc2 20.f6 Bb7 21.Ng3 gxf6 22.Qxf6 Bxe4 23.Qxf7+ Kh8 24.Nxe4 Qxe4 25.Qf6+ Kg8 26.Bh6 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 Qe4+ 28.Qf3 Qxf3+ 29.Rxf3 Rxe7 30.Rxb2 d5
31.Rg2+ Kh8 32.Rgf2 Ree8 33.Rf8+ Rxf8 34.Rxf8+ Rxf8 35.Bxf8 d4 36.Bd6, Black resigns.
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Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Justin Sarkar (USCF 2423), Marshall Chess Club 1/9/2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 b4 11.Na4 Nxe4 12.f5 d5 13.fxe6 fxe6
14.Nf5 Rxf5 15.Rxf5 Bb7 16.Re5 Nf6 17.Rxe6 Nbd7 18.Qd4 Kf7 19.Rb6 Nxb6 20.Nxb6 Rb8 21.Bf4 Bd6 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5+ Kf8 24.Bb3 Bxf4 25.Qxf4 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Rf1 Qd4
28.Qc7 Qd7 29.Qc4 Ke7 30.Qf7+ Kd6 31.Rd1+ Kc7 32.Qc4+, Black resigns.